Moistening device



J. A. BELT.

MOISTENING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED APR.23, 1920.

1,388,399. Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

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MOISTENIN G DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

Application filed April 23, 1920. Serial No. 376,061.

To all 20 lwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. BELT, a citizen of the United States,residing at WVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented anew and useful Moistening Device, of which the following is aspecification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a simple means wherebymoist air may be taken from the radiator of an internal combustionengine and be delivered to the carbureter thereof.

The invention is shown in a single figure constituting a verticalsection taken through the upper member of a radiator to the rear of thehoneycomb section, a portion of the lower member of the radiator-beingbroken away.

The numeral 1 denotes the upper member of a radiator, having a fillingneck 2. The lower member of the radiator is shown at 3, the members 1and 3 being connected by a tubular radiator core 4:. The lower member 3embodies an outlet 5. An overflow pipe 6 leads from the upper member 1as usual.

Partitions 7 extend inwardly from the side portions of the upper member1 and define a chamber 8, the inner ends of the partitions slantingdownwardly as shown at 9. The parts 9 are connected by a screen 10.Above the screen, the front and rear walls of the member 1 are connectedby an upwardly curved baiile 11. An air outlet pipe 12 extends upwardlythrough the bottom of the member 1 and through one of the partitions 7into the chamber 8 and carries at its upper end, a screen 14. The lowerend of the pipe 12 is connected. by a clamp 15 or otherwise to a tube 16leading to the carbureter or to some part which discharges into thecarburetor. An air inlet pipe 17 opens laterally at its lower end, asshown at 18 through the lower member 3 and extends upwardly through themember 1 into the chamber 8.

. In practical operation, air enters the lower end of the pipe 17 andmoves up wardly into the chamber 8, the air being heated more or less bythe relatively hot water at the top of the radiator in the uppermember 1. The moisture from the Water in the upper member 1 of theradiator passes through the screen 10 and min gles with the air, thewarm moist air passlng into the pipe 12 through the screen 14, andleaving by way of the tube 16. Since the ends of the partitions 7 aredownwardly inclined as shown at 9, the screen 10 is located relativelyclose to the surface of the water and will be kept in a moist condition.If the water in the upper member 1 should happen to slop through thescreen 10, the water cannot reach the air pipe 17 or the tube 12, butwill be returned promptly to the lower portion of the member 1 owing tothe inclination of the ends 9 of the partition 7, and owing to thepresence of the baffle 11.

I claim 2-- A radiator comprising an upper member; partitions in saidmember and separating the same into upper and lower chambers, the innerends of the partitions converging downwardly; a screen connecting thesaid ends of the partitions; a battle in the upper chamber above thescreen and between the said ends of the partitions; an air inlet for theupper chamber; and an air outlet therefor.

In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. BELT

